Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Day 0956 - Destroy Rock n Roll

Mylo "Destroy Rock n Roll" (2004)

The book heaps praise on Mylo, stating "Everbody loves Mylo" and in my usual contrary way I went in ready to hate it.    Truth be told it was okay though.   I wouldn't say I 'love' Milo, but I can certainly hear some value in what he does.

It's all upbeat dance music with an ear for pop.  A few of the earlier tracks have a kitschy sound that almost brings to mind St Étienne.

"Guilty of Love" and "Otto's Journey" have a bright, shiny 1980s pop vibe to them, while "Paris Four Hundred" feels like it would fit in alongside many of the big electro aritsts of the late-90s/early-00s.   

The title track seems to just be a spoken-word roll-call of different famous artists.   Kind of reminds me of a disco version of Tomahawk's "Harlem Clowns".   "Rikki" has a glitchy but still electro-pop sound, like a dance version of what the Shortwave Set would attempt with their "The Debt Collection" album a few years later.

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